Toy money-box



UNITED STATES PATENT 'OFFICEo EDVARD L. MORRIS, OF BOSTON,MASSACHUSETTS.

TOY MONEY-BOX.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 230,713, dated August3, 1880,

Application filed April 19, 1880. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, EDWARD L. MORRIS, of Boston, in the county ot'Suffolk and State of Massachusetts, have invent-ed a new and usefulImprovement in Toys, of which the following is a specitcation.

My invention relates to an improved toy savings-bank and it consists,first, of the figure of a plunging or tumbling animal, which is causedto revolve upon a pivotpassing through the lower extremities oi' itsfront legs, the said front legs being acted upon by means of a suitablespring; and, second, of a receptacleinto which coin may be thrown by themovements of the said anim'al.

I am aware thata kicking animal has been before used for the purposes ofa savings-ban k` as, for instance, in Letters Patent No. 223,293,granted me January 6, 1880, but my present invention ditt'ers from allothers in that the front legs of the performing animal are made movableas regards their base, and are fixed rmly to the body, thus carrying theentire lbodyi'orward when operated by the spring,

and imitating the acts of springing, plunging, and tumbling.

In the accompanying plate ot' drawings my improved toy is illustrated,Figure l being a longitudinal vertical section ot' the same, and Fig. 2a horizontal section onlinexxof Fig. l. A represents the ligure ot' atoy animal whose front legs, D, are pivoted to the rod F, which passesloosely through the feet of the animal and is fixed rmly to properbearings upon the baseE. A spring, G, is coiled about the rod F, and,passing back of the front legs, D, is made to exert a pressure whichthrows the legs forward; when in action. A hook or catch, K,

holds the heels of the animal down to the base i E. A niche H isprovided betweenthe heels of the animal for the purpose of holding coinwhich may be placed loosely therein.

A coin-receptacle, B, having an opening, O,

is placed at a proper distance in front ot' the animal A, so that,placing a coin loosely in the niche H and releasing the hook or catch K,the front legs, D, are thrown violently forward upon their pivot F bythe action ot the spring' G, and the body of the animal A coming to asudden stop in front of the opening O, as

shown by the dotted lines in Fig. 1, the coin passes out from the nicheH and, entering the opening O, disappears within the receptacle B.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim, and desire to secureby Letters Patent, is-

ln a toy money-box, the animal A, having its fron t legs, D, pivoted tothe rod F, affixed to bearings upon the base E, in combination with thespring Gr, operating against the front legs, D, and the catch K, forreleasing the hind legs, whereby the heels oi" the animal are thrownupward, substantially as described.

EDWARD L. MORRIS.

Witnesses :A

EDWIN W. BROWN, WM. S. BELLows.

